[arin-announce] ARIN Announces the 2020 ARIN Election Final Slate of Candidates

[ARIN]

On Wednesday, 9 September, the 2020 Nomination Committee put forth the 
Initial Slate of candidates for the 2020 Board of Trustees and Advisory 
Council Elections. Now with the completion of the Election Slate 
Development Process, today ARIN announces the Final Slate of candidates 
for the 2020 ARIN Elections.

Board of Trustees:

     * Dan Alexander, Comcast
     * Nancy Carter, CANARIE
     * Tina Morris, Amazon

Advisory Council:

     * Andrew Dul, 8 Continents Networks LLC
     * Gary Giesen, CentriLogic Inc.
     * Anita Nikolich, University of Illinois
     * Gus Reese, Cogent Communications Inc
     * Leif Sawyer, GCI Communications Corp.
     * Christian Tacit, Tacit Law
     * Matthew Wilder, TELUS

ARIN Trustees Dan Alexander and Nancy Carter, and Advisory Council 
members Andrew Dul, Anita Nikolich, Leif Sawyer, Chris Tacit, and Chris 
Woodfield will all conclude their current terms on 31 December 2020. 
ARIN hopes you will join us in thanking each of them for their time, 
service, and ongoing commitment over the years.

Online voting in the 2020 ARIN Elections will be open from 3:00 PM ET on 
Friday, 23 October through 5:00 PM ET on Friday, 30 October to seat two 
candidates on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five candidates on the ARIN 
Advisory Council (AC) to three-year terms that will begin on 1 January 2021.

Voters should familiarize themselves with each candidate by reading the 
candidate biographies, responses to candidate questions, and Statements 
of Support available at:

https://www.arin.net/elections/

On Friday, 23 October during the virtual ARIN 46 Members Meeting, all 
candidates will have an opportunity to address ARIN’s Membership. In 
addition, Candidate Forums for ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory 
Council candidates will take place, where the candidates will address 
the questions raised by you, the community! You can even still propose a 
question for the candidates at 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020CandidateQuestions before 5:00PM 
today! A survey asking for the community to rank the questions received 
will be available next week.

Participation in all phases of ARIN’s Elections is a key responsibility 
of ARIN Member Organizations whose ongoing involvement and ballots are 
crucial for electing ARIN leadership. Thank you for participating in 
ARIN’s 2020 Elections!

To view ARIN’s election system instructions, please visit:

https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/instructions/

For questions pertaining to ARIN’s Elections, please email members at arin.net.

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)